Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 860272 search inquires.

Selected title: Type Coin
Explanation: A 'type' coin is a representative example of a particular coin series, but not one of the rarest and most valuable specimens from that series. It is usually one of the more common dates

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 52724 14.53%
Silver Clad 30198 8.32%
Coin Silver 22202 6.12%
Slabbed Coins 21069 5.81%
BN 20432 5.63%
Encapsulated Coin 19931 5.49%
RB 18853 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16234 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15731 4.34%
Reeded Edge 15000 4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14956 4.12%
PQ 13772 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13649 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13606 3.75%
Rarity 13242 3.65%
Incuse 12645 3.48%
High Relief 12534 3.45%
Coin drop 12368 3.41%
Reverse Cameo 11888 3.28%
Obverse or Face side 11785 3.25%